Transplanting machine



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THANSPLANTING MACHINE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 11, 1919 2:? m E @rlwg III l \m Iii HTTORNEY.

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TRANSPLANTING MACHINE Filed June 11, 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 2'0 IrZVl/E/Wbk WILLIAM B. ROSEVEARJIIY Jan. 13, 1925.

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TRANSPLANTING MACHINE Filed June ll 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 fi/VE/VTO/fWILL AM B- ROSEVEAR J? Patented Jan. 13, 1925 WILLIAM B. ROSEVEAR, JR.,F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TRANSPLANTING MACHINE.

Application filed June 11, 1919.

'1'0 all 10:72am it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. Bosn- VEAR, J11, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Detroit, county of l/Vayne, State a of Michigan,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Transplantinglvlachines and declare the followingv to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates toa transplanting machine for sugar beets.

In using this machine the seed is first planted in hot beds and when theplants have about two leaves they are placed in receiving holders whichholders are then placed upon the transplanting machine in the fieldwhereby the plants are automati cally fedto said machine and set out bythe machine at proper intervals in the field and in proper position fortaking root and growing.

parat-us shown in Figure 3 with the plant holder removed.

Figure 5 is a plan view showing a spring pad by which a plant is graspedtoretain it on the conveyor of the transplanting belt untilautomatically released as hereinafter described.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a perspective detail view of the apparatus by which theplants are placed upon and secured to the transplanting beltr Figure 8is a view similar to Figure 7 showing the plant grasped by the spring IFigure 9 is a detail plan view showing the releasing mechanism for theplants.

Serial No. 303,343.

Figure 10 is an elevation of the same.

Figure 11 is a detail perspective view of the cam rod for releasing thepad from engagement with the plant.

Figure 12 is a detail section illustrating the method of placing theplants in the fur row or trench for their reception.

Figure 13 is a perspective view of the plant receiver illustrating themethod of placing the plants therein.

Figure 14 is a plan View showing an apparatus adapted to transplant orset out two rows.

When the plants have grown to a proper size for placing out in the fieldthey are placed in a proper receiver and the latter is placed upon thetransplanting machine.

The receiver consists of a roller belt 17 and the plants are placed uponthe surface of the belt and as the belt is rolled up the plants areengaged between the folds or coils and held in their position, all asillustrated in Fig. 13. The belt 17 with a large number of plants, heldparallel to each other and properly spaced, is then placed upon a set ofrollers 15 15 and 15*, as shown most distinctly in Fig. 3, and the endof the belt is passed around the roller 15 Fig. 3, and carried back tothe friction rollers 18, which gradually unrolls the belt and feeds theplants consecutively to the machine.-

Referring to Figure 1, 2 is a frame carried upon wheels 5 and 6. 3 is aploughshare secured to a depending portion of the frame 2 and adapted toform a trench for receiving the plants as the wheel carried frame 2 ismoved forward. -Jlis a covering disk pivoted to a depending portion ofthe frame 2 and adapted to cover the plants that have been placed in thetrench formed by the ploughshare 3. T and 8' are pulleys upon the axleof opposite wheels 6, 6. 13 is a pulley upon a shaft pivotedtransversely of the machine below the rollers 15. The belt 9 passes overthe pulley T and the pulley 13 so that when the machine is moved forwardthe turning of the wheel 6 shall actuate the pulley 13 by means of thebelt 9 and pulley 7. 8 is a belt passing over the pulley 8 and adaptedto convey motion therefrom to the friction rollers 18. 12 is a pulleyupon the same shaft as the pulley 13. 10 is a belt passing over thepulley 12 making a quarter turn and passing around the horizontallydisposed pulley 14 at the rear of the frame proportioned that saidstrand shall travel purpose. In Fig. 14: I have shown a machine 2. Thelower strand of the belt 10 is parallel and adjacent to the trench inwhich the plants are to be deposited. The upper strand of said beltpasses below the roller 15*- in position to grasp the plants as they aredelivered from the belt supported by the rollers 15 15 11 indicatesspring pads adapted to grasp, hold, and release the plants at the propertime. These pads are secured as shown upon the belt 10 and are providedwith a cross bar 11 which as the belt 10 moves rides upon cam rods 11",(Fig. 7) to raise the pad 11 up and when it has passed the cams 11 thepad 11 is permitted to fall grasping the plant.

16, 16 (Fig. 7) are tables having their adjacent edges parallel. Theupper strand of the belt 10 passes between the edges of said tablessubstantially filling the intervening space. As the belt 17 is unwoundthe plants fall upon the tables 16, 16, as shown in Fig. 7, with theirroots lying upon one of said tables and their leaves extending acrossthe space of the adjacent edges of said table. Thus as the pad 11 israised it passes over the bunch of leaves of the plant and when thecross piece 11 passes beyond the cam the resilience of the released padengages the leaves of the plant and binds it to the belt,

10. The belt 10 then carries the plant clownward to its understrand,turns it to a posi tion at about 30 degrees to the vertical with itsroot downward as shown in Fig. 12 and extending into the trench. Thedisk 4 then throws the earth around the plant to hold the same inposition.

The pulleys actuating the belt 10 are so backward at the same rate thatthe machine travels forward and therefore there is no relative motionbetween the lower strand of said belt and theearth. VVhen the belt 10begins to pass around the pulley 1d the cross piece 11 of the pad 11engages a cam rod 20 supported in a socket 20 by an up-turned portion 20of said rod engaging in said socket so that the pad is vlifted from thebolt and the plant released and left in its proper position and properlycovered for maturing in the field.

A plurality of rows may obviously be set out at once by adapting themachine to this adapted for setting out two rows simultaneously butobviously any number within convenient proportions could be used.

What I claim is:

1. In a transplanting machine, the combination of the horizontal tables16, 16, lo cated with their adjacent edges at a distance from each otherforming an intervening space, means for delivering a plant upon saidtables with the part to be grasped extending transversely of said space,a belt having a spring pad, meansfor passing said belt continuouslyadjacent to said space, and

means for raising said pad to pass over said 7 transversely extendingportion of the plant and for releasing said pad to engage the same. 7

2. In a transplanting machine, the combination of the horizontal tables16, 16, located with their adjacent edges at a distance from each otherforming an intervening space, means for delivering a plant upon saidtables with the part to be grasped extending transversely of said space,a belt 'means for revolubly holding said coils with the axis in thehorizontal position, a guide adapted to hold the loosening strand ofsaid belt in position on the coil up to a position near the lowerportion of said coil, said strand passing around said guide and backward, and means for drawing upon said strand to unwind the coils.

4. In a transplanting machine, an endless carrier belt passing over apulley with a horizontal axis at the receiving end and being warped andpassing around a pulley with a substantially vertical axis at the otherend, means for engaging plants upon the receiving end of said belt inaposition transverse to said belt and of releasing the plants at theother end of said belt, and means for covering the plant with earth ashort distance before it passes around the pulley with the substantiallyvertical axis.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

WILLIAM B. RO'SEVEAR, J R.

